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Fantasy Premier League Tips: Top 5 Keepers For 22/23 Season
The wait is almost over with Premier League football returning in seven days. As we count down the days to next Friday let’s look at the Top 5 keepers for Fantasy Premier League this season. 5. Edouard Mendy – Price £5m Club – Chelsea Mendy has had a solid two seasons between the sticks for Chelsea with 30 clean sheets over both. With Chelsea looking for a title push this season the Senegal international will be pivotal with reliability for clean sheets. The Blues have also just signed Kalidou Koulibaly to bolster their defense meaning a likelihood of less goals conceded and more clean sheets. Edouard Mendy scored 130 points last season. 4. Aaron Ramsdale – Price £5m Club – Arsenal Following his first season at The Gunners after signing from Bournemouth, Ramsdale is set to be a...
10 Times Players Returned Back To Their Old Club
Timo Werner look’s set to take a huge pay cut and move back to old club RB Leipzig. Werner’s time at Chelsea hasn’t been what he would’ve hoped with 10 goals in 56 appearances so it seems he wants to return to the familiar. On the back of this expected move, here are 10 times players returned back to their old club. 10. David Luiz – Chelsea First Spell: 2011-2014Second Spell: 2016-2019 David Luiz joined Chelsea from Benfica in January 2011. During this time he famously scored a penalty in their 2012 Champions League final shoot-out against Bayern Munich. After two more years at the club he was signed for £50m by PSG which at the time was a world record fee for a defender. During his time at the French club he won 7 trophies and 2 league titles. After this success he decided he wanted...
West Ham Agree Deal To Sign Highly Rated Lille Midfielder Amadou Onana
West Ham United have agreed a fee of £33.5m (40m euros) plus add ons to sign Amadou Onana from French side Lille. David Moyes has been looking to bolster his squad ahead of their second consecutive season playing European football. They’ll be facing either Viborg of Denmark or B36 Tórshavn of the Faroe Islands in the UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round. Onana should be a Hammers player by the time their Europe campaign gets underway, where he’ll join the likes of fellow former Ligue 1 players in Nayef Aguerd (Rennes) and Alphonse Areola (PSG). Italian striker Gianluca Scamacca also signed for the London side last week. The 20-year-old Belgian has come out of nowhere, becoming one of Ligue 1’s most wanted young talents, with Everton also interested in him. Liverpool manager Jurgen ...
Man United Fan Fuming With Dean Henderson ‘Wasted 12 Months’ Comment
Nottingham Forest new loanee, Dean Henderson, has discussed the frustration he felt last season after failed promises and lack of action at Manchester United. After a successful loan spell at Sheffield United, Henderson looked likely to be a realistic challenger for David De Gea’s number one spot at Old Trafford. Unfortunately for the ‘keeper, he never seemed to get a fair shot at taking over the reins between the sticks. Speaking with TalkSPORT, Henderson spoke about how he was promised the number one shirt after impressing in the 2020/21 season. “Nobody followed through with anything they told me. I turned many loans down.” “Wasting 12 months is criminal at my age.” Dean Henderson hits out at #MUFC in an exclusive interview with talkSPORT. 🚨 Everyone is talking about th...
Erik Ten Hag slams ‘unacceptable’ Cristiano Ronaldo For Leaving Game Before Full-Time
Cristiano Ronaldo seems to have added fuel to the on going fire revolving his Manchester United career, as Erik ten Hag has slammed his decision to leave early from their pre-season game against Rayo Vallecano. The Dutchman has said that the behaviour shown by Ronaldo is “unacceptable”. 🗣️ — Erik ten Hag on Ronaldo and others leaving the game before full-time: “I certainly don’t condone this. This is unacceptable. For everyone. We are a team and you have to stay until the end.” #mufc #mujournal [@ADnl via @viaplaysportnl] pic.twitter.com/cyvAonIQrZ — United Journal (@theutdjournal) August 3, 2022 After being hooked at half-time during his first appearance of the season, and United’s final pre-season game, the Portuguese forward was pictured leaving Old Trafford by a fa...
Manchester United vs Brighton Bet Builder Tips: Premier League Opening Weekend Predictions
Manchester United will kick-off their 2022-23 season at home to Brighton and Hove Albion on Sunday at Old Trafford. Manchester United vs Brighton Bet Builder Tips Manchester United vs Brighton Bet Builder @ 16/1 with Virgin Bet Top 5 New Football Betting Sites How to Claim Virgin Bet’s Premier League Opening Weekend Betting Offer How does £20 worth of free bets sound for the return of the Premier League? If you are yet to sign up with Virgin Bet, you can redeem yours within a matter of clicks. Click here to sign up to Virgin Bet Bet £10 at odds of 1/2 or higher. £20 in Free Bets is now yours. Manchester United vs Brighton Bet Builder Tip 1: Anthony Martial to score anytime @ 13/8 with Virgin Bet Anthony Martial looks set to lead the line for Manchester United on Erik ten Hag’s P...
Ronaldo and Maguire headline list of most abused players on social media
Manchester United duo Cristiano Ronaldo and Harry Maguire headline the latest results of a study completed by Ofcom on the most-abused footballers on social media. Ofcom teamed up with The Alan Turing Institute and analysed over two million tweets directed at Premier League footballers through the first five months of the 2021/22 season. Advanced technology was used to determine which tweets were indeed abusive and it found that 3.5% of posts directed at footballers in England’s top flight fit that bill. A new report from Ofcom shows Cristiano Ronaldo and Harry Maguire as the most abused Premier League players on Twitter #mulive [bbc] pic.twitter.com/HKSedz9FSc — utdreport (@utdreport) August 2, 2022 Cristiano Ronaldo was the main target of abuse with over 12,000 tweets of that natur...
Leicester’s Worrying Transfer Window Continues as Captain Kasper Schmeichel Heads for Nice
Leicester’s club captain Kasper Schmeichel is set for a medical with French club Nice this week following an agreement between the two clubs. The 35-year-old has spent the majority of his playing career in the East Midlands after making the switch from Leeds United in 2011. The Danish international has gone on to feature over 400 times for the Foxes, and was a mainstay as they stormed to a memorable Premier League title in 2016 before clinching the FA Cup during the 2020-21 season. He will now undergo a medical in the next 48 hours before completing a move to the south of France, joining former Arsenal and Juventus midfielder Aaron Ramsey who also made the switch to Nice this week. Kasper on his incredible 11 years at Leicester pic.twitter.com/dRUujDaTKw — Leicester City Xtra. (@XtraLeices...
What Is xG In Football? Everything You Need To Know About Expected Goals
Every season there is a new data metric or analytical tool being used by the best clubs to optimize performance. Over the past few seasons xG has risen to the top. Here we look at what it is and how it’s calculated. What is xG? xG stands for Expected Goals and it is the likelihood of a player scoring based on the situation they are in. xG can be implemented for a player or a whole team and it allows you to see how effective they are in front of goal. xG values range from 0 to 1 and the higher the value the more likely the shot will be a goal. A good example of this is a penalty which has a value of 0.76 meaning a higher chance of a goal. Each season xG is becoming more popular, with Sky now implementing the metric in their game analysis before, during and after the games. How is xG c...
Football’s Youngest Ever Captains: Martin Odegaard Joins the Likes of Fabregas and Totti
Taking on the mantle of club captain is always a prestigious position, let alone at the age of 23 – that is exactly what new Arsenal talisman Martin Odegaard has achieved after just one full season at the Emirates. The Norwegian joins an illustrious club of young captains that have shown the necessary character on and off the pitch to lead their respective teams. We are taking a look at some of the huge names in world football down the years who have been named club captain at a young age. Steven Gerrard – 23 Years Old After exploding on the scene as a fiery teenager, Steven Gerrard’s legacy as arguably Liverpool’s greatest ever captain started in 2003 as he took the armband for the first time aged 23. Just one year later, the future England captain led the Reds to a breathtaking Champions...
Fantasy Premier League Tips: The Top 5 Best Value Players For 22/23 Season
The wait is almost over with Premier League football returning on Friday. As we count down the days let’s look at the Top 5 best value players for Fantasy Premier League this season. 5. Kieran Trippier – Price £5m Club – Newcastle United Pricing at £5m Kieran Trippier comes in at a superb price for the upcoming FPL season. Eddie Howe’s Magpies looked a rejuvenated side in the back end of last season and will look to carry that form into the new season. Trippier is a solid defender who has the ability to put a wicked cross into the box and this alongside his fantastic set-piece taking gives him the chance to score highly this season. Trippier is another player looking to start strong with the World Cup looming and looking for a starting place in the England side. Trippier has been sel...
Crystal Palace vs Arsenal Bet Builder Tips: Premier League Opening Weekend Predictions
After a 100% record in pre-season, Arsenal’s quest to better their fifth-placed finish last season gets underway on Friday evening, as they face a tricky fixture away to fellow Londoners Crystal Palace. Crystal Palace vs Arsenal Bet Builder Tips Combined Total Odds @ 12/1 with Virgin Bet Top 5 New Football Betting Sites How to Claim Virgin Bet’s PL Opening Weekend Betting Offer With club football officially returning this week, there is no time better than now to make use of Virgin Bet’s welcome bonus. Click here to sign up to Virgin Bet Bet £10 at odds of 1/2 or greater. Receive £20 of Free Bets. Crystal Palace vs Arsenal Bet Builder Tip 1: Gabriel Jesus to Score Kicking things off for our first bet builder of the season, we are tipping Arsenal’s marquee summer signing to start ...
